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Yale Law Study Finds Gender Imbalance in Student Participation

A new study at Yale Law School highlights gender imbalance in the classroom, with levels of women’s participation falling below their male counterparts in every category, Yale Daily News reported.

A group called Yale Law Women replicated a 2002 study of gender dynamics and found that men were 16% more likely to speak in class than women, and that women are only 1.5% more likely to speak in class now than they were ten years ago.

“What we found is that participation by women in the classroom has improved, but the rate is very slow,” said Fran Faircloth. . .